Wringer drain board mechanism



: M1 N. L. ETTEN I 2 ,l83,882 v 8 v wamesn DRAIN BOARD worm-N15! Filed June 5, 19:55 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 6 AT JJRNEYEQ Patented n... 19, 1939 Nicholas L. Etten. Waterloo, Iowa, aesignor to Chamberlain Corporation, Waterloo, Iowa Application June 5,1935, Serial No. 25.035

5 Claims.

mechanism wherein portions thereof are made,

movable whereby the lower, inner portions of the structure are made accessible for the purpose of cleaning, recovering lost articles or the like. 1 Other objects will appear in the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view showing a wringer in which my invention isembodied;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the same 20 wherein operative movement of the drain boardis indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view showing the end oppositethat shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 lsan enlarged fractional end elevational 25'view-showing details of mechanism to be described, the same being taken on line 4-4 in F Fig. 5 is a fractional sectional side elevational view showing details of structure'to be described; 80 Fig. 6 is a sectional end elevational view show ing details of structure to be referred to; and

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary detail view taken on line 1-1 in Fig. 3. y v

For the purpose of illustration I show my in- I vention as embodied in a wringer mechanism, the structural details of which are not a part of this invention and are thought sufflciently well known to obviate description further than to say that it comprises end frame members Ill and ii 40 joined at the bottom by a transverse frame memher 3. l

The end frame member ii carries extension pieces i4 by-means of which the wrlnger structure is attached to a support not shown.

I The wrlnger frame is surmounted with a transverse top frame member I! and this may carry suitable tensioning and release mechanism, the latter of which is to be operated by means of manipulation of hand bars l6 conveniently disposed on the top frame as shown.

The mechanism also includes upper and lower rolls I1 and. i8.

In carrying out my invention-I provide a lower structure comprising plates II and 20 which are ll positioned to extend a substantial distance outwardly from frame member I! and are supported thereon by means of a sub-plate 2i attached to plates is and 20 and to the member II as shown.

Plates i9 and 20 are provided with upstanding end portions 22 and 23 and the upper, inward portions of these are secured'to the wringer frame structure as by screws 24 whereby the plates are firmly held in position.

26 designates separate plate members which are so proportioned as to extend across the wringer structure as shown best in Fig. 1.

Plates 26 are fashioned to have depressedportions 21, the edges of which normally lie closely adjacent to the lower wringer roll, Fig. 6, and upstanding end portions 28 which have reversely dlrectededges adapted to fit over the upper edges of plate portions 22 and 23 as illustrated in Fig.

7. The construction described obviously provides drain boards or aprons extending downwardly and outwardly from points adjacent to i the lower roll to points somewhat beyond the outer lower'edges of plates l9 and 20.

At the latter point the apron members are bent down so as to provide means for a pivotal connectionwith plates I9 and 20, the latter hav- 2 ing ear portions as shown. The connection is accomplished by means of rivets or pins 28.

The lower edges of aprons 26 are so disposed relative to the edges of plates l9 and 20 as to leave a space between them to permit drainage of 7 water, from the interior part of the structure.

Adjacent to the upper ends of edges 28, small lugs 30 are formed, and end portions 22 and 23 are provided with indentures positioned to receive the lugs and thereby lightly hold the plates 26 in lowered position. I

At the point where aprons .26-1ie.adjacent to the lower wringer roll the edges of the aprons are 1 bent down as best shown at Si in Fig. 6.

Dotted outlines in Fig. 2 indicate that the 40v apron members 28 may be rocked upon pivots 28 to an open position to expose the interior of the structure. In practical use it often occurs that small articles, such as handkerchiefs, buttons or the like become lost in the space below the apron 4 portion of a drain board. i In the usual form of drain board it is quite difllcult to recover such articles, but with the arrangement herein described the aprons may be quickly opened to make the interior space accessible.

Since in normal use there is a tendency for lint, soap and the like to accumulate in the lower a parts of the structure the movable apron also forms a means for easy cleaning.

It is not unusual, when garments are being 66 NT OFFICE 2,183,882 A r wrung, for an article to wind upon one of the rolls, and when this occurs on the lower roll, unless there be a large clearance between the apron portion and the roll, the garments are likely to become tightly wedged between the roll and apron whereby the garments may be badly damaged.

My apron arrangement provides against such damage by reason of the pivotal movement described.

In Fig. 6 I show the movement resulting from piling up of garments on the roll. With the roll rotating in the direction of the arrow, a garment passing between the roll and apron at the left, which is only lightly held in position, forces the apron to rock upon pivot 2Q to permit the garment to pass through without injury. The some action takes place with the apron on the right. It will be apparent that the garments may pile up on the roll to any extent without damage thereto. When the situation is discovered by the operator of the wringer, she will usually reverse rotation of the rolls to unwind the garment and this may be done with the same absence of damage.

With the arrangement described the edges of the aprons may obviously be normally disposed quite close to the surface of the lower roll, which is desirable in practice, while at the same time the danger of injury to garments is obviated.

Drain board mechanisms of the class herein considered usually include a diversion member or flipper board mechanism disposed below the lower roll and adapted to divert water falling from the roll toward the side under which the washing tub is disposed.

For the above purpose I provide a plate member 33 which is pivotally supported at 3 3 upon the associated structure so as to be rocked as shown in solid and dotted lines in Fig. 6.

At one end, as in Figs. 3 and 5, the pivot support includes a shaft El i which extends through the upright structure ii and has-an arm 35 secured to its outer end. The free end of the arm is pivotally attached at 36 to a transversely disposed bar 3? which is slidably supported in the frame structure.

The bar extends upon both sides of the frame structure and each end thereof carries a knob 3B.

By means of the knobs, the bar 31 may be manipulated in the manner shown in solid and dotted lines in Fig. 3 to rock: the plate 33 as above described.

The foregoing has described a preferred embodiment of my invention. Modifications of structure are obviously possible without altera tion of the principle involved. I do not wish to be limited in structure or function except within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

. i. In a clothes wringer, a wringer'irame, cooperating rolls, a drain board having downwardly tapered vertical side walls fixedly attached to the frame, a flipper board pivotally mounted under the rolls to divert drain water to either side of the drain board, cloth boards hinged to the lower corners of the drain board and extending across the vertical side walls of the drain board. releasable snap fasteners fashioned between the upper corners of said drain and cloth boards to hold them together, and wiper lips formed on the upper edge of the cloth board whereby clothes are restricted from wrapping around the lower roll or permitted to lift the cloth boards without damage to the clothes.

masses 2. in a clothes wringer, a frame, rolls therein, a pair of oppositely inclined cloth boards disposed upon opposite sides of the lower roll and pivotally secured at their lower outer end portions to a rigid part of the wrlnger frame, cooperating means at the upper ends of said cloth boards and a rigid part of the wringer frame for permitting yielding pivotal movement of the upper ends of said cloth board relatively to said roll, and downwardly and outwardly extending lip formations at the upper edges of said cloth boards opposed to and closely spaced from the said roll for cooperation with garments that may wrap themselves about said roll to effect said pivotal movement of said cloth boards responsively to the wedging of garments between the roll and said lip formations.

3. In a clotheswringer, a frame, rolls therein, the combination with the lower roll of a cloth board disposed at an incline to said roll and pivoted at its outer lower end to a. rigid part of the wringer frame, formations along the upper edge of said cloth board opposed to and closely spaced from the roll and therewith defining a passage for clothes that may wrap themselves about said roll and yieldingly releasable latch means 6n said cloth board and the wringer frame permitting pivotal movement of the cloth board to further space its upper end from the wringer roll responsively to passage of garments through the aforesaid passage, the said formation of said cloth board effecting a cam action under the in' fluence of pressure against the same whereby to automatically release said latch means.

4. In a clothes wringer, a wringer frame, oo-

operative rolls carried by said frame, a drain. board secured to said frame and having admin surface extending outwardly and downwardly for a substantial distance from a place beneath said rolls, said drain board having upwardly directed side edge portions extending in increasing height from adjacent to the outer edge of the drain surface to a place adjacent to one of the rolls, and a cloth board extending over and across said drain board from the outer edge of the drain surface to a place adjacent to one of the rolls and to said upwardly directed side edge portions,-

said cloth board being pivotally secured to said drain board adjacent to the outer edge of each board, said cloth board being adapted to be supported at its side edges by said upwardly directed side edge portions of said drain board.

5. In a clothes wringer, a wringer frame, cooperative rolls carried by said frame, a drain board secured to said frame'and having a drain surface extending outwardly and downwardly for a substantial distance from a. place'beneath said rolls, said drain board having upwardly directed side edge portions extending in increasing height from adjacent to the outer edge of the drain surface to a. place adjacent to one of the rolls, a cloth board extending over and across said drain board from the outer edge of the drain surface to a place adjacent to one of the rolls and to said upwardly directed side edge portions, said cloth board being pivotally secured to said drain board adjacent to the outer edge of each board,

NICHOLAS L. ETTEN. 

